Residents and businesses fleeing California have left the Golden State with a budget deficit as high as $73 billion, a sharp contrast to a $31 billion surplus in 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom has responded by cutting some 10,000 “vacant” state jobs.
[T]he Biden administration has left in place agencies such as the federal Department of Education, which dates from 1979.
“These are programs, propositions that I’ve long advanced — many of them,” Newsom told reporters. “But you’ve got to do it. We have to be responsible. We have to be accountable.” If the governor really seeks accountability for taxpayers, he should take aim at positions and programs that serve little if any purpose. Consider, for example, the California Coastal Commission (CCC). (READ MORE from Lloyd Billingsley: Anthony Fauci Tells Columbia Medical Students to Lie Just Like Him)
A legacy of recurring Gov. Jerry Brown, this unelected…
